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The Scheme for Full Employment Magnus Mills

The Scheme for Full Employment By Magnus Mills

The Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills


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Summary

'A unique talent ... Mills's novels are among the best and most original in recent English fiction' Literary Review

The Scheme for Full Employment Summary

The Scheme for Full Employment: A comic masterpiece by the Booker-shortlisted author by Magnus Mills

'A unique talent ... Mills's novels are among the best and most original in recent English fiction' Literary Review 'An enjoyable novel by a truly original writer' Sunday Times The Scheme was designed to provide an honest wage for an honest day's labour. Men driving identical, rust-resistant Univans deliver Univan parts to strategically spaced warehouses. Simple, self-perpetuating and efficient, it seems destined to last forever. But when some drivers begin leaving early and developing delivery sidelines, the workforce is divided into two camps: Flat-Dayers and Early Swervers. As tensions mount, the whole system threatens to fall apart...

The Scheme for Full Employment Reviews

'An enjoyable novel by a truly original writer' * Sunday Times *
'A British writer to be treasured' * Independent *
'Mills' odd but wonderful books combine the language of a children's story and the strange dry humour of Harold Pinter' * Daily Express *

About Magnus Mills

Magnus Mills is the author of the story collection Screwtop Thompson and six novels, including The Restraint of Beasts, which won the McKitterick Prize and was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread (now the Costa) First Novel Award in 1999. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in London.

Additional information

GOR004572203
9781408813744
1408813742
The Scheme for Full Employment: A comic masterpiece by the Booker-shortlisted author by Magnus Mills
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20110516
256
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